“VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota company will bring 1,000 information technology consultant jobs to South Dakota as part of an effort to keep high-tech positions from being shipped overseas, Gov. Dennis Daugaard planned to announce Wednesday.

Eagle Creek Software Services, which provides tech support to large health care, financial services and other companies, plans to build a new 200-employee office in Vermillion and partner with the University of South Dakota to help train its potential hires, Chief Executive Ken Behrendt told The Associated Press ahead of the public announcement.”